Rondo Won't Pass Up Shot

Shooting is one of those things that either you have it, or you don’t. I don’t buy into the idea that you can work with a guy who can’t shoot and he will develop a shot. Sorry fellas, Rondo is what he is. He is a great point guard, but never will be much of a shooter.

Shooting is one of those things that either you have it, or you don’t. I don’t buy into the idea that you can work with a guy who can’t shoot and he will develop a shot. Sorry fellas, Rondo is what he is. He is a great point guard, but never will be much of a shooter.

Ask Tony Parker.

Parker???? ask MJ&Magic…but this kid may be so bad he never gets above fair…which may be good enough but we won’t know for years

Shooting is one of those things that either you have it, or you don’t. I don’t buy into the idea that you can work with a guy who can’t shoot and he will develop a shot. Sorry fellas, Rondo is what he is. He is a great point guard, but never will be much of a shooter.


Ask Tony Parker.

Or j-kidd.

they need rondo to distribute, penetrate, and play d. he can get better at shooting and will because it sounds like he has practiced. good for his work ethic. he will never be a top shooter or even close, but the c’s don’t need him to be.

I’m a little worried about this article. Do they want Rondo to just be a jumpshooter? It sounds like they’re telling him not to drive to the basket at all, which would seem to be his greatest offensive strength. Are they saying this just so he gets offseason practice jump shooting?

Rondo with the ball at the top of the key. He shoots, he scores!

one really nice thing about last year’s group was how they bonded and supported each other. a lot of people give credit to doc for this. i don’t. most of it belongs to the players themselves and some to the organization. well, they are now a part of the real world.

I’m fine with Rondo not driving the lane in a pick up game with the likes of Mohammed and Padgett. Who wants him injured in the offseason. That’s Scal’s job in camp.

They obviously don’t want Rondo to be a pure jumpshooter. What they do want is him to work on his 15-footer so when he’s burned a defense a few times driving, breaking down a d for a dish or a layup and the team starts laying off him and begging him to shoot he can then have a decent enough jumper for that to not pay off as a strategy. As for teaching a shot? Ask Cousy about practicing pull up jumpers at the free throw line up and down the court all day when teams started laying off him on the break.

If you couldn’t develop a shot, then all great shooters would have the exact same rythm and form. It’s about repetition. You shoot an ugly shot enough in practise, you will eventually hit a decent % of them. You can’t become one of the greatest shooters ever with bad form, but you can sure be solid. That’s all we need.

Shooting is one of those things that either you have it, or you don’t. I don’t buy into the idea that you can work with a guy who can’t shoot and he will develop a shot. Sorry fellas, Rondo is what he is. He is a great point guard, but never will be much of a shooter.

Not exactly. Case in point – Tony Parker. TP was a lousy shooter his first few years in the league, so the Spurs hired a shooting coach (mainly) for him and, presto, he is now quite reliable on the mid-range shot. Of course, Parker is one of the five best point guards in the league. Rondo has a long way to before he is considered one of the best in his division where he currently ranks 5th and last behind Jason Kidd, TJ Ford, Andre Miller and Stephon Marbury. Heck, the Raptors have a better back-up (Calderon) than the Celtics have as a starter. This is the main reason (more than the lack of a bench) that the C’s will not win the East.